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Preventive Work Carried Out by the Council.
There has been no change made in the preventive measures
which are routinely carried out by the Public Health Department
and which have been referred to in detail in previous Reports. A
total of 356 home-visits were made during the year by the Health
Visitors in connection with patients notified to be suffering from
tuberculosis.
It has not been found necessary to take action during the year
under the Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1925, in respect of any tuberculous persons employed in the milk
trade, nor has there been any occasion for compulsory removal to
hospital under Section 62 of the Public Health Act, 1925 to be resorted
to.
Treatment—Dispensary and Institutional.
The Surrey County Council is the Local Authority responsible
for the treatment of all tuberculosis cases within the Borough.
There were 30 residents of this district suffering from tuberculosis
admitted to institutions during the year (24 of them suffering
from pulmonary and 6 from non-pulmonary tuberculosis). Five of
these received institutional treatment at more than one institution.